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USS Pawtuxet
Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard
Launched: 19 March 1864
Acquired: 18 May 1864
Commissioned: 26 August 1864
Decommissioned: 15 June 1865
Fate: Sold, 15 October 1867
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Characteristics
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Class & Type: Sassacus-class gunboat
Tonnage: 974 long tons
Length: 205 ft.
Beam: 35 ft.
Draft: 9 ft. 3 in.
Depth of Hold: 11 ft. 6 in.
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Armament
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2 x 100 pounder Parrott rifles
4 x 9 in Dahlgren smoothbores
2 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles
2 x 24-pounder howitzers
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Battles
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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
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